“in that previous case the store owner was convicted of selling a pornographic comic book to an adult (the contents at the Entice adult store today no doubt making that thought hilarious). Police also seized hundreds of allegedly “obscene” comic books but had to give them all back, plus the city and district attorney’s office had to pay a $18,000 judgment, after the store owner sued them and won.”

And this:

“The comic book store gave out 2,200 free comics as treats to children during a Broad Street Halloween of which apparently that one, and only one, was mistaken handed to a child by an employee. There would seem little evidence of a massive conspiracy to degrade public morality or pervert children in that. Nor was the comic in question actually “porn” of any kind, but appears to fall under the legal definition of ‘art.’”

Gordon Lee is guilty of nothing more than an oversight happening on his watch. No reasonable-minded person would think this man belongs in jail, or that this case has been worth the hundreds of thousands of public dollars expended on it. (Not to mention the 80+ grand the CBLDF has shelled out.)

That being said, I would advise anyone visiting Georgia not to show any penises to the local authorities. Theirs or otherwise.

Georgia gave you guys Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, one of the best comic shops in the US (Bizarro-Wuxtry in Athens, and no, I don’t work there) Otis Redding, Little Richard, Bill Anderson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and on and on and on, but OH NO, there’s a silly frivolous lawsuit going on so STAY OUT.

Please do. I don’t need any more short-sighted jackasses in my state anyway.

It’s not an absurd comparison at all.
I hope Lee’s attorney has nice big photos of that statue on hand to show the jury. He should suggest they have a look in person on their lunch break.

If they were comparing a pornographic photo of an adult male to this statue, it would be. But comparing a non-pornographic, non-exploitative drawing to this statue, no, I don’t think that’s an absurd comparison.

That statue’s caused problems before. I believe it was a gift from Italy, something the town was proud of. Then WWII rolled around, and since we were fighting Mussolini, they hid it in the basement.

After waiting a decent interval after the war, they quietly put it back out.

Right, because nudity of an adult man is nol different from the nudity of a baby boy? Wow…relativism ad absurdum.

As for the statue itself, maybe adding a couple of Ten Commandment tablets would be enough to trigger enough outrage to remove it from the public square.

Considering how many times the DA’s office have acted in this case, can Gordon Lee or the CBLDF sue the city/county/DA for the costs? I only ask this because I remember something about the DUKE lacross players taking action against the DA who was on their case.